Editing Sola, Norway (section)

==General information==
[[File:Ølberg after sunset.jpg|thumb|left|View of Ølberg at sunset]]
[[File:Sola Church.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sola Church]]]]
The municipality of Sola was established in 1930 when the old municipality of [[Håland]] was split into Sola (south of the [[Hafrsfjorden]]) and [[Madla]] (north of the Hafrsfjorden). Initially, Sola had 3,372 residents.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref> On 1 January 2017, a small {{convert|350|daa|acre|lk=on|adj=on}} area on the southwestern edge of the village of [[Solakrossen]] was transferred from [[Sandnes]] municipality to Sola.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vedtak om endring av kommunegrensen mellom Sandnes og Sola kommuner, Rogaland |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/2015-12-22-1664 |access-date=2017-11-02 |publisher=Lovdata.no |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Sola'' farm ({{langx|non|Sóli}}) since the first [[Sola Church]] was built there. The meaning of the name is uncertain. One possibility is that it comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sól}} which means "[[sun]]". Historically, the name was also spelled ''Sole''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt |date=1915 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=10 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=185–186 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 February 1982. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], two [[Bar (heraldry)|bars]] double [[embowed]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått to sølv bjelker dannet ved et omvendt dobbelt buesnitt}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of two curved bars that look like [[ocean surface wave|waves]]. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The blue color symbolizes the sea and the white/silver color symbolizes the whitecaps of the waves washing up to the long, shallow, sandy [[beach]]es along the ocean in the municipality. The arms were designed by the painter Roald Kyllingstad. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Sola |access-date=2023-07-01 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sola, Rogaland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-11-24.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1982-04-13 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1982-02-12-368 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Sola. It is part of the [[Tungenes prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sola'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Ræge||[[Ræge Church]]||Ræge (north of [[Stenebyen]])||2009
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sola||[[Sola Church]]||[[Solakrossen]]||2020
|-
|[[Sola Chapel]]||west of [[Solakrossen]]||1955
|-
|rowspan="1"|Sørnes||[[Sørnes Church]]||[[Sørnes]]||1977
|-
|rowspan="2"|Tananger||[[Tananger Church]]||[[Tananger]]||2002
|-
|[[Tananger Chapel]]||[[Tananger]]||1879
|}